Comments on: Beatles Coming to iTMS? Announcements Coming Soon?

By: LED ZEPPELIN AND AC/DC

LED ZEPPELIN AND AC/DC — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:04:45 +0000

ONE HIT WONDER????? WTF IS THE MATTER WITH YOU. EVER HEARD “ROCK AND ROLL”, “DAZED AND CONFUSED”, “BLACK DOG”, ETC. ALSO, I WOULD RATHER SEE AC/DC ON ITUNES THAN THE BEATLES ANYDAY.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:13:35 +0000

im doing a school paper on why the beatles didnt want to go on itunes. i know there is something about the they didnt want their albums to be broken up, but if anyone knows anything, please type back. thanks

By: AppleAnxiety

AppleAnxiety — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:01:46 +0000

I really- REALLY, want Beatles on iTunes. They are absolutely the best sounding music on my iPod and G5.

By: Carl Kelly

Carl Kelly — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:35:59 +0000

Too late to change the keynote? I don’t think so. He could have played any song or any band. I just think that it was his way of saying, “the Beatles are coming soon”. I’m sure the negotiations are under way, it’s just a matter of time. Last spring’s UK court decison that favored Apple COMPUTER over Apple Corps. probably paved the way for 2 events:

1. The Beatles available on iTS (don’t be surprised if it’s album only).
2. Allowed Apple Computer to change their name to Apple, Inc.

I seem to recall hearing that Mal Evans (former Road Manager who runs Apple Corps. these days) is overseeing the remastering(?) of the entire Beatles catalog. Perhaps that will come out on CD and the current format will be then made available on iTS.

By: Scottie Biddle

Scottie Biddle — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:06:35 +0000

vanni- what’s on friday that needs to be anitcipated? I’ve never been to Macworld, only knowing aboot these things for a little while, but is there a software thing or something else?
Or, maybe an impromptu Stevenote at the Apple Booth?

By: Julian Bennett Holmes

Julian Bennett Holmes — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:19:54 +0000

BIG franky: Oh yeah, it’s definetly not Apple’s doing that those bands aren’t on the music store. I’m sure Apple would give quite a lot to have them on their.
And yeah, you’re right that there are other big bands, but I think that the Beatles are known as “the one that’s not on there.”

By: BIG franky

BIG franky — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:27:54 +0000

Julain:

while i agree completely with your assertion that the Beatles are “the bigger band” than led Zeppelin…. i still have to agree that it is a flawed statement to say that the beatles are “That one remaining huge band that isn’t on the iTunes Music Store.” yes… the beatles are huge…. but so is Led Zeppelin, and so is AC/DC for that matter.

the part of all of this that bothers me the most is when people blame apple for these bands not being on itunes!

By: vanni

vanni — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:04:14 +0000

@galley & @julian: great news about iWork! looking forward to the new spreeadsheet. So why no announcement about iLife/iWork? are they saving some thunder for friday?
RE: LEAD zeppo: one hit wonder – Stairway to Heaven, that’s it ;-)…

By: Galley

Galley — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:31:23 +0000

An Apple Sales Consultant told me last night that Steve’s Keynote presentation was running on iWork ’07.

By: Julian Bennett Holmes

Julian Bennett Holmes — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:22:21 +0000

Species 8472: Led Zeppelin is big, but they’re not considered the biggest band of all time.
Ask ten people on the street to name all four Beatles. I bet you 9 out of 10 can get 100%.
Then, ask ten people on the street to name all four members of Led Zeppelin. I bet you 9 out of 10 can’t name two of them.

vanni: I doubt that iWork + iLife will require Leopard. I got a strong hint from an Apple booth engineer when he said guessing that iPhone would require Leopard would be “not a safe guess at all.” I personally thought it would require the updated Sync Services, but now probably not.

By: vanni

vanni — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:12:01 +0000

beatles are a logical addition to iTunes and now that they are just “Apple Inc” might as well add in the the four lads from liverpool and be done with it. as to iWork/iLife. this will have to wait until June. there is no burning need for these iimho … and most likely need Leopard to function properly. just a guess.

By: AG

AG — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:03:30 +0000

Is it ever too late to change a Job’s keynote? I found this look “Behind the Magic Curtain” interesting.

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1677772,00.html

But I agree, this keynote was about the iPhone. Anything that would distract from that product waits for another day – including John, Paul, George, and Ringo.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:15:52 +0000

Actually, there probably was never going to be demos of Mac software, not because of them not being ready in time, but because iLife and iWork and computers were not the thrust of the show. The iPhone and Apple TV were. Don’t be surprised if MacWorld becomes AppleWorld, you know it makes sense. And Leopard etc. is a much better topic for a special announcement or a Developers conference. And now we know why display “resolution independance” exists – for the iPhone.

By: Species 8472

Species 8472 — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:14:50 +0000

Surely ‘too late’? On both counts.

By: Species 8472

Species 8472 — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:12:23 +0000

“That one remaining huge band that isn’t on the iTunes Music Store?”

Led Zeppelin?

By: Jason Terhorst

Jason Terhorst — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:11:54 +0000

He has shyed away from using “One more thing”, mainly because it’s not a surprise anymore. It was new back in 2001. But Jobs is all about doing unusual or unexpected things. For all we know, he’ll have a special event again on some obscure day to announce Leopard. Because it’s not what we’re expecting. We’d be expecting him to announce it during today’s keynote as a “one more thing”.